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French witness relates ‘bloodbath’ at packed concert venue

A French radio reporter who was inside the Bataclan theatre that came under attack Friday gave a harrowing account of the “10 horrific minutes” when black-clothed gunmen wielding AK-47s entered and fired calmly and randomly at hundreds of screaming concertgoers.

“It was a bloodbath,” Julien Pierce, a reporter for France’s Europe 1 radio station, told CNN.

“People yelled, screamed and everybody lying on the floor, and it lasted for 10 minutes, 10 minutes, 10 horrific minutes where everybody was on the floor covering their head(s).”

“We heard so many gunshots and the terrorists were very calm, very determined and they reloaded three or four times their weapons and they didn’t shout anything. They didn’t say anything.”

Pierce recounted seeing 20 to 25 bodies on the floor and others very badly injured.

Police sources later said at least 100 people were killed at the attack on the concert venue.

Another witness said gunmen shouting “Allahu akbar” (God is greatest) fired into the terrified crowd who had gathered to watch a concert by the American rock band Eagles of Death Metal at the Bataclan theatre in eastern Paris on Friday night.

‘Yelling and screaming’

Pierce said he was lucky to be near the front of the stage as the gunmen, wearing black clothes and wielding AK-47s, opened fire.

“People started to try to escape to walk on people on the floor and try to find the exits, and I found an exit when the terrorists reloaded their guns in the meantime, and I climbed on the stage and we found an exit.”

The journalist said he took a teenage girl who was bleeding heavily and carried her to a taxi where he told the driver to take her to hospital.

He said that as he was speaking to CNN some of his friends were still hiding inside the theatre.

“They are hiding in some kind of room in the dark and they text me, and they are very afraid, of course, and they are waiting for the police to intervene, but it’s been over two hours now and this is terrible.”

Later in the night police stormed the venue. Three suspected assailants were shot dead during the assault.

Pierce said he saw the face of one of the gunmen, who was probably 20 to 25 years old.

Asked if he could hear what language they were speaking, he replied, “Nothing. I heard nothing, just the yelling and screaming of the people. They didn’t shout anything. They didn’t say anything. They said nothing. They just shot. They just shoot. They were just shooting at people.”

“What happened was terrible. I mean, honestly, 15 minutes, 10 minutes of gunshots firing randomly in a small concert room. I mean, it’s not a huge concert room. It’s a small one. Two thousand people were there maximum and it was — it was horrible.”

The Paris area reeled Friday night from a shooting rampage, explosions and mass hostage-taking that President François Hollandecalled an unprecedented terrorist attack on France. His government announced sharply increased border controls and heightened police powers as it mobilized the military in a national emergency.

French television and news services quoted the police as saying that around 100 people had been killed at a concert site where hostages had been held during a two-hour standoff with the police, and that perhaps dozens of others had been killed in apparently coordinated attacks outside the country’s main sports stadium and four or five other popular locations in the city. But estimates on the total number of dead varied.

Witnesses on French television said the scene at the concert hall, which can seat as many as 1,500 people, was a massacre, describing how gunmen with automatic weapons shot bursts of bullets into the crowd. Ambulances were seen racing back and forth in the area into the early hours of Saturday.

Police in Paris confirmed on Friday that several people were killed in multiple acts of violence in and around the city.

Television reports said at least five assailants had been killed: three at the concert hall as the police assaulted the building, and two near the sports stadium. It was unclear whether other attackers were still on the loose early Saturday.

The casualties eclipsed the deaths and mayhem in Paris during the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo newspaper and related assaults around the French capital by Islamic militant extremists less than a year ago.

Those attacks traumatized France and other countries in Europe, which grappled with fears of religious extremism and violent jihadists, radicalized by the conflicts in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East and North Africa.

An explosion near the sports stadium, the Stade de France, which French news services said was an apparent suicide bombing, occurred as Germany and France were playing a soccer match, forcing a hasty evacuation of Mr. Hollande. As the scope of the assaults quickly became clear, he convened an emergency cabinet meeting and announced that France was placing severe restrictions on its border crossings.

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A man wounded at the Stade de France, where a soccer game had been in progress.CreditIan Langsdon/European Pressphoto Agency

“As I speak, terrorist attacks of an unprecedented scale are taking place in the Paris region,” he said in a nationally televised address. “There are several dozen dead, lots more wounded. It’s horrific.”

Mr. Hollande said that on his orders the government had “mobilized all the forces we can muster to neutralize the threats and secure all of the areas.”

President Obama came to the White House briefing room to express solidarity and offer aid and condolences. “Once again, we’ve seen an outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians,” he said. “This is an attack not just on Paris, it’s an attack not just on the people of France, but this is an attack on all of humanity and the universal values that we share.”

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Twitter erupted with celebratory messages by members and sympathizers of the Islamic State, the extremist group based in Syria and Iraq that is under assault by major powers, including the United States, France and Russia.

The main shooting appeared to have broken out at a popular music hall, The Bataclan, where the American band Eagles of Death Metal was among those playing. French news services said as many as 100 hostages may have been taken there, many of them apparently killed later. Some accounts said grenades had been lobbed inside the music hall.

A witness quoted by BFM television said he heard rounds of automatic rifle fire and someone shouting “Allahu akbar!” at The Bataclan.

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A police officer guided a bloodied survivor away from The Bataclan concert hall, where an American band had been among the acts playing on Friday.CreditPhilippe Wojazer/Reuters

Another witness who escaped the concert hall told BFM: “When they started shooting we just saw flashes. People got down on the ground right away.”

The police ordered bystanders in the that area to get off the streets as officers mobilized, French television reported.

Other French news media reported that Kalashnikov rifles had been involved in the shootings — a favored weapon of militants who have attacked targets in France — and that many rounds had been fired.

Police sirens sounded throughout central Paris on Friday night.

Despite the increased border security, air travel in and out of Paris appeared to be unaffected. Officials at Charles de Gaulle Airport confirmed that flights had not been suspended, although security had been heightened significantly. Both departing and arriving passengers and baggage were being screened thoroughly.

Germany’s interior minister, Thomas de Maizière, said early Saturday that he had offered to send military assistance to France if requested. “I am in close contact with my French colleague and have offered assistance through German special forces,” he said in a statement.

Loretta E. Lynch, the United States attorney general, also offered help. “We stand in solidarity with France, as it has stood with us so often in the past,” she said in a statement. “This is a devastating attack on our shared values, and we at the Department of Justice will do everything within our power to assist and work in partnership with our French law enforcement colleagues.”

American and European counterterrorism officials were reviewing wiretaps and other electronic surveillance records, but a senior American security official said there was no immediate indication that there had been suspicious chatter or other warning signs before the attack.

Unlike the attacks against Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket in January, terrorism experts said, the attacks on the targets on Friday had no apparent rationale. Instead, assailants appeared to strike at random in hip neighborhoods on a Friday night when many people would be starting to enjoy the weekend.

“It’s a Friday night, and there’s a lot of people out, a lot of tourists out,” said a senior European counterterrorism official. “If you want maximum exposure, you do it like this, in the dark, when it’s scarier and more difficult for police to act.”

Attacks in six locations across Paris, explosions outside the city’s biggest stadium

By Allee Manning on Nov 13, 2015 at 5:07 PM

Violent attacks took place in several locations across Paris on Friday night, with two bloody scenes located within one mile of each other in the city’s 10th and 11th arrondissements. The first attack was a shooting outside the Le Petit Cambodge restaurant, after which gunfire was reported at two other locations in the 11th arrondissement area. More than 100 people were also taken hostage during a heavy metal concert in the Bataclan concert hall, with on-the-scene reports suggesting that around 50 were released alive, but not before as many as 118 were killed inside the venue.

Two explosions were reported outside the Stade de France stadium, where French President François Hollande was among the spectators of a France vs. Germany soccer game. The explosion could be heard from inside the stadium. Two suicide bombers detonated devices outside the stadium, killing at least three.

THE LATEST: NYC ON ALERT AFTER PARIS ATTACKS

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says New York is constantly on alert for coordinated terror attacks, especially in the wake of an attack in Paris that has killed dozens.

De Blasio said in an interview with WABC-TV on Friday the attack was not only sobering, but a reminder that police officials need to be prepared and vigilant for a possible follow-up attack.

Police have stressed there is “no indication that the attack has any nexus to New York City.”

Officers have been deployed to various locations in the city, including French government buildings.

French officials say several dozen people have been killed in shootings and explosions at a theater, restaurant and elsewhere in Paris.

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1:48 a.m.

Massachusetts State Police say they’re increasing security around the area of the State House following the deadly attacks in Paris.

In addition, State Police said Friday they are monitoring intelligence at Logan International Airport in Boston.

State Police troop commanders also are directing on-duty troopers to have a heightened awareness of potential suspicious activity within their patrol areas.

State Police acted as attackers killed at least 100 people in a popular Paris concert hall. It was one of at least six terror attacks across the city in the deadliest violence Paris has seen since World War II.

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1:40 a.m.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the One World Trade Center spire will be lit blue, white and red in honor of dozens killed in the Paris attacks.

Cuomo says the 408-foot (125-meter)spire will be illuminated Friday night and in the days to come. The governor says the act shows New York will stand with the people of France.

New York City officers have been deployed to various parts of the city, including French government buildings. Heavily-armed officers stood outside of the French Consulate in Manhattan as passers-by brought flowers.

Police have stressed there is “no indication that the attack has any nexus to New York City.”

French officials say several dozen people have been killed in shootings and explosions at a theater, restaurant and elsewhere in Paris.

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1:37 a.m.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is describing the attacks in Paris as “heinous, evil” and “vile,” calling them “an assault on our common humanity.”

Kerry says the U.S. embassy in Paris is “making every effort to account for the welfare of American citizens in the city.”

The State Department says U.S. citizens can contact 1-888-407-4747 (from the U.S.) or 202-501-4444 (from other countries) for assistance.

Kerry says the U.S. stands ready “to provide whatever support the French government may require.”

Kerry was speaking from Vienna, where he is scheduled to attend talks Saturday on the crisis in Syria.

Vice President Joe Biden calls the attacks “heartbreaking” and “outrageous” and says, “Such savagery can never threaten who we are.”

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1:29 a.m.

Tens of thousands of people join the football players at Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires in offering tribute to the dead and wounded in Paris before the start of a World Cup qualifying match between Argentina and Brazil.

With players standing on the field Friday night, the crowd in the stands fell silent for a minute in acknowledging the bloodshed in the French capital. Some applauded as the tribute ended.

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1:25 a.m.

Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins says the death toll in attacks at six sites around the French capital could exceed 120.

Speaking near a popular music venue where scores of people were taken hostage, Molins said early Saturday that five attackers may have been killed.

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1:15 a.m.

The Paris hospital service says medical personnel are reporting for work of their own accord to help treat the injured in the multiple attacks in the city, and that others were being called in as part of a plan to deal with emergencies.

Among those called in minutes after the first reports went out was Patrick Pelloux, an emergency room doctor and former writer for Charlie Hebdo. Pelloux was also among the first to see the aftermath of the Jan. 7 attacks.

At least 100 people died in a Paris concert hall where attackers seized hostages Friday, an official said. At least five other terror attacks unfolded across the city in the deadliest violence Paris has seen since World War II.

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1 a.m.

The French president has formally declared the state of emergency on all mainland territory and Corsica during a Cabinet meeting urgently summoned at the Elysee palace on Friday night.

Under French law, the state of emergency can be decided in the event of “imminent danger following serious breaches of law and order.”

The state of emergency allows state authorities to forbid the movement of persons and vehicles at specific times and places. They can also define protected areas and safety areas where the movement of persons is controlled.

The state of emergency also allows police to perform house searches day and night -instead of performing them only at daylight.

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12:55 a.m.

Management for rock band Eagles of Death Metal, who were scheduled to perform Friday at a venue in Paris where hostages were taken and scores were killed say they are “trying to determine the safety and whereabouts” of the band and its crew.

The American band was supposed to perform at the Bataclan, a theater located in eastern Paris. The band, formed in 1998 in Palm Desert, California, was celebrating the October release of “Zipper Metal” with an European tour.

Police officials who were not authorized to be named said at least 100 people died at the Bataclan Friday, and that a police assault left at least two attackers dead.

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12:45 a.m.

Twitter accounts linked to jihadists are celebrating the attacks in Paris.

According to the SITE Intelligence Group tracking militant sites, Twitter posts attributed to jihadist supporters are speculating which group may be responsible. Many users expressed belief that the Islamic State group could be behind the carnage.

They used Arabic-language hashtags that translated to “Paris on fire” and “Caliphate state strikes France.”

SITE says that accounts also circulated pictures of the attacks, and one pro-IS channel accused France of sending warplanes to bomb Syria and says “today it drinks from the same cup.”

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12:25 a.m.

A French police official says top government officials including President Francois Hollande were headed to the Bataclan concert hall where hostages were taken.

Another official said at least 100 people died inside the hall. A police assault on the venue finished early Saturday, leaving at least two attackers dead, officials said.

The officials were not authorized to be named because operations were ongoing.

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12:20 a.m.

A French police official says at least 100 people have been killed inside a Paris concert hall where attackers seized hostages. The hostage-taking was one in a series of at least six attacks across the French capital.

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12:10 a.m.

A French government official says the country’s state of emergency has gone into effect and that President Francois Hollande is cancelling his trip to the G-20 meeting in Turkey.

Hollande was due to leave Saturday for the meeting in Turkey, which was to focus in large part on growing fears of terrorism carried out by Islamic extremists.

The official, who was not authorized to be named, said the government will hold a defense council meeting in the morning.

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12 a.m.

Two Paris police officials say security forces have ended their assault on a concert hall filled with hostages, killing at least two attackers. Neither official could be named, citing ongoing operations throughout the city.

One official described “carnage” inside the building, saying the attackers had tossed explosives at the hostages. Both officials said they expected the toll of victims to rise.

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11:45 p.m.

World leaders have expressed shock at the violence in Paris.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she is “deeply shaken by the news and pictures that are reaching us from Paris.” The German leader issued a statement saying her thoughts were with the victims “of the apparent terrorist attack.”

The Secretary-General of the NATO alliance says he is “deeply shocked by horrific Paris attacks.”

Jens Stoltenberg said in a Twitter message that “We stand together with the people of #France. Terrorism will never defeat democracy.”

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is condemning “the despicable terrorist attacks” in Paris and is demanding the immediate release of numerous hostages being held in the Bataclan theater.

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11:35 p.m.

Three police officials confirm that security forces have launched an assault on the Paris concert hall where hostages have been taken.

None of the officials could be named when discussing the ongoing operation, which several officials said involved dozens of hostages.

The Paris police prefecture told resident to remain home and avoid going out unless absolutely necessary.

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11:30 p.m.

Automatic gunfire and blasts have rung out from the area of a Paris music hall where police say people are being held hostage.

Scores of police are surrounding the Bataclan concert hall, and sirens are wailing throughout the neighborhood.

The gunfire began soon after French President Francois Hollande said security forces were launching an assault on one of several sites targeted in attacks Friday night around Paris.

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11:20 p.m.

A police union official says there were two suicide attacks and a bombing near the national stadium where France and Germany were playing a friendly match.

The official, Gregory Goupil of the Alliance Police Nationale, whose region includes the area of the stadium, said there were at least three dead in the attacks near the stadium, near two of the entrances and a McDonalds restaurant.

He said the explosions went off simultaneously. He did not provide more details.

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11.10 p.m.

Although no one has claimed responsibility for the Paris attacks, some terrorism experts say the Islamic State group is likely responsible.

Brian Michael Jenkins, a terrorism expert and senior adviser to the president of RAND Corp., said the extremist group is clearly the name at the top of everyone’s list.” He said this was because the tactic used – “multiple attackers in coordinated attacks at multiple locations” – echoed recommendations published in extremist group’s online magazine,

James Woolsey, a former director of the CIA in 1993-195 and now chancellor at the Institute of World Politics, also told the BBC he suspected the Islamic State because the coordinated nature of the attacks required government-style planning.

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11:05 p.m.

President Barack Obama is calling the attacks on Paris “outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians” and is vowing to do whatever it takes to help bring the perpetrators to justice.

Speaking to reporters at the White House, Obama said he would not speculate about who was responsible.

He called the attacks a “heartbreaking situation” and an “attack on all of humanity.”

Obama was briefed on the attacks Friday by his counterterrorism adviser Lisa Monaco.

The attacks come as the president is preparing for two trips abroad. He’s slated to leave Saturday for a nine-day trip to Turkey, the Philippines and Malaysia. He due to travel to Paris for climate change talks at the end of the month.

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11:00 p.m.

French President Francois Hollande says he is closing the country’s borders and declaring a state of emergency after several dozen people were killed in a series of unprecedented terrorist attacks.

Hollande, in a televised address to his nation, said the nation would stand firm and united against the attackers.

He said security forces are assaulting one of the sites hit by Friday’s attacks, without elaborating.

“It’s a horror,” he said.

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10:50 p.m.

British Prime Minister David Cameron says he is “shocked” by the Paris attacks and violence.

Cameron said on Twitter “Our thoughts and prayers are with the French people. We will do whatever we can to help.”

French police say at least 35 were killed in multiple acts of violence took place in Paris Friday night, including shootings at restaurants and a hostage-taking at a music theater.

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10:40 p.m.

A White House official says President Barack Obama has been briefed on the attacks in Paris.

The official says counterterrorism adviser Lisa Monaco briefed the president. The official was not authorized to talk about the private discussion and demanded anonymity.

Obama is slated to travel to Paris at the end of the month to attend a United Nations conference on climate change.

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10:35 p.m.

Hundreds of people spilled onto the field of the Stade de France stadium after explosions were heard nearby during a friendly match between the French and German national soccer teams.

A stadium announcer made an announcement over the loudspeaker after the match, telling fans to avoid certain exits “due to events outside,” without elaborating.

At first that prompted some panic, but then the crowds just walked dazed, hugging each other and looking at their phones for the latest news of the violence.

Many appeared hesitant to leave amid the uncertainty after France’s deadliest attacks in decades.

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10:22 p.m.

Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff says it is too early to know exactly what was happening in Paris.

Social media posts from purported ISIS supporters could indicate that “there was a group waiting for this, but it could be a group watching,” Chertoff said in an interview with MSNBC Friday night.

“I don’t think we can say this proves anything, but again it supports the idea that it’s terrorism,” Chertoff said.

John Cohen, a former Homeland Security Department counterterrorism coordinator, say the presence of multiple attack scenes at the same time suggested a coordinated effort to “send a message” and raises immediate terror concerns, including for other cities in Europe and potentially the United States as well. He said both Al Qaida and ISIS have relied on the strategy of coordinated attacks in the past.

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10:14 p.m.

A Paris police official said there were at least 100 hostages in a Paris theater following shooting and explosions at two sites in the city.

Multiple officials, including one medical official, put the number of dead at between 35 to 40 people.

All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to be publicly named according to police policy.

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10:10 p.m.

U.S. Homeland Security Department officials monitoring the attacks in Paris say there is no known, credible threat against the United States.

DHS officials are in contact with their foreign counterparts amid reports of multiple shootings and explosions in Paris.

Police officials in France say at least 26 people have been killed and a hostage-taking situation is underway at a theater.

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10:00 p.m.

Two police officials say that at least 26 people have been killed in shootings and explosions around Paris, in the deadliest violence in France in decades.

One of the police officials said 11 people were killed in a Paris restaurant in the 10th arrondissement and about 15 killed in the Bataclan theater, where a hostage-taking is under way.

Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to be publicly named according to police policy.

Paris attacks: At least 153 killed in gunfire and blasts, French official says

On a night when thousands of Paris residents and tourists were reveling and fans were enjoying a soccer match between France and world champion Germany, horror struck in an unprecedented manner. Terrorists — some with AK-47s, some reportedly with bombs strapped to them — attacked sites throughout the French capital and at the stadium where the soccer match was underway.

Scores were killed in the coordinated attacks late Friday, leaving a nation in mourning and the world in shock. CNN will update this story as information comes in:

[Latest developments, posted at 8:38 p.m. ET]

• At least 153 people were killed in the Paris and Saint-Denis shootings and bombings, French officials said. Among the victims, 112 were killed at the Bataclan concert venue, according to the Interior Ministry. Saint-Denis is home to the national stadium where the match was being played.

• CNN affiliate BFMTV reports that SWAT units stormed the Bataclan concert hall and that the siege is over. Two attackers were killed, a police union said. Police brought out at least 100 hostages from the concert hall, a CNN producer said; some appear to be wounded. President Francois Hollande Francois told reporters outside Bataclan that “terrorists capable of carrying out such atrocities must know that they will face a France that is determined and united.”

• Deputy Mayor Patrick Klugman told CNN the death toll is going to rise significantly. “We are facing an unknown and historic situation in Paris,” he said.

• Hollande called the events “unprecedented terrorist attacks” and added, “This is a horror.” In a tweet, he said, “Faced with terror, this is a nation that knows how to defend itself, how to mobilize its forces and once again, knows how to overcome the terrorists.”

• French radio reporter Julien Pearce was inside the Bataclan theater when gunmen entered. Two men dressed in black started shooting what he described as AK-47s, and after wounded people fell to the floor, the two gunmen shot them again, execution-style, he said. The two men didn’t wear masks and didn’t say anything. The gunfire lasted 10 to 15 minutes, sending the crowd inside the small concert hall into a screaming panic, said Pearce, who escaped. He said he saw 20 to 25 bodies lying on the floor.

Around 100 people were killed in the attack at the Paris concert venue, police said Saturday, according to AFP.…

Around 100 people were killed in the attack at the Paris concert venue, police said Saturday, according to AFP.…

• One of the explosions at the Stade de France, home of the French national sports teams, outside Paris appears to be a suicide bombing, a Western intelligence source receiving direct intelligence from the scene told CNN’s Deb Feyerick. A dismembered body, consistent with the aftermath of an explosion from that type of device, was found at the scene, the source said. Watch: Explosion heard at Paris soccer game

• People were inviting people off the streets into their apartments, reports Philip Crowther, Washington correspondent for France 24.

• Traffic on several subway lines has been interrupted following the attacks, the Paris police prefecture reported.

• At this hour, there is no credible or specific threat in the United States, according to a U.S. government official.

• Hollande, in an address to the nation, said he had declared a state of emergency, meaning borders will be closed. “We have to show compassion and solidarity and we also have to show unity and keep our cool. France must be strong and great,” he said.

• The Paris prefecture of police is instructing residents to stay home. The prefecture said via Twitter that people should stay inside “unless there’s an absolute necessity.”

• French authorities have launched a terrorism investigation, Eric Pelletier, a reporter with Le Pariesien, tells CNN Paul Cruickshank. There has been no official claim of responsibility, though ISIS has applauded the attacks on Twitter, Cruickshank reports.

• “This is an attack not just on Paris, not just on the people on France, but an attack on all humanity and the universal values we share,” U.S. President Barack Obama said at the White House. He called the attacks an “outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians.”

• At least six shootings took place in Paris and three explosions took place at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis late Friday, CNN affiliate BFMTV said. Two or three gunmen entered the Bataclan concert hall while opening fire on law enforcement, BFMTV reported. A source earlier told CNN there were six to eight hostage takers, citing a person they were talking to inside the venue.

• Hollande was evacuated at halftime of the France-Germany soccer match.

• Counterterrorism officials around the United States have convened secure conference calls to try to gather information and to assess whether there is any indication of threats in the U.S, according to two U.S. counterterrorism officials. Immediate suspicion for the events in Paris falls to so-called returnees — people who have traveled to Syria and Iraq and have returned, the officials said.

In early January of this year, two gunmen attacked the Paris offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 and wounding 11.

Said and Cherif Kouachi wanted to punish the magazine for the publication of cartoons that they believed mocked the Prophet Mohammed. The Kouachi brothers two days later were shot and killed in a standoff with police in Dammartin-en-Goele.

Amedy Coulibaly, an associate of Said and Cherif Kouachi, attacked a Jewish grocery store in Paris, taking more than a dozen people hostage and killing four. Coulibaly had killed a policewoman the day before, on January 8. Coulibaly was killed when police stormed the kosher market.

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson was viewed less favorably by a significant portion of Republicans after his claim to have been offered a scholarship to West Point was disputed, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.

But in one positive sign for the neurosurgeon turned top-tier candidate, a majority of those polled said the controversy did not affect their view of him.

After hearing the report questioning Carson’s recollections about the scholarship, 39 percent of Republicans said they had a less favorable view of him, with 26 percent saying it was “somewhat” less favorable and 13 percent saying it was “much” less favorable.

The majority of Republicans polled, 51 percent, said the issue made no difference and an additional 10 percent said it gave them a more favorable view.

Donald Trump, the front-runner in the Republican race, has taken an aggressive stance in attacking Carson, who now rivals him for the lead in several polls. Trump has pointed to the West Point story as problematic for Carson and said he is not sure Carson has been honest about his past.

The Reuters/Ipsos poll also found that it caused concern among those who identify as independent. Among independents, 19 percent had a somewhat less favorable view of Carson and 17 percent had a much less favorable view.

The online poll had a 6 percent credibility interval for Republicans and 10 percentage points for independents. It was conducted between Nov. 9 and Nov. 11.

Carson, who has topped a few recent national polls of Republican presidential candidates and is holding onto second place in the Reuters/Ipsos poll, has been the subject of intense scrutiny in recent weeks. Parts of his biography were called into question by publications that sought to verify stories in his 1990 autobiography “Gifted Hands.”

In the book, Carson detailed having received a “full scholarship” to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. His campaign later said while he never applied or was accepted, he had been told by leadership in the ROTC program that he would have been accepted had he applied. West Point provides education and housing to all students for free.

Carson has pushed back against efforts by the media to discredit his biography. He has accused the press of lying about his past.

But the West Point story is not the only one that has surfaced. CNN published a report questioning Carson’s account of violent episodes in his youth. A Wall Street Journal report questioned two additional stories, including one in which he helped hide white students during riots at his high school and another in which he was deemed the most “honest” student in a Yale course after taking a fake exam.

Questions also were raised on Thursday about Carson’s relationship with a Pittsburgh dentist who was convicted of felony healthcare fraud. Carson, calling the dentist his “very best friend” asked the judge to be lenient in sentencing him.

AP: Nearly 100 People Killed Inside Paris Concert Hall

Scores of people have been killed in shootings and explosions around Paris Friday, including at least 100 people inside a concert hall.

Two French police officials said at least three attackers were killed when security forces launched an assault on the concert hall, which had been featuring an American heavy metal band.

One official described “carnage” inside the building, saying the attackers had tossed explosives at the hostages.There were at least six attacks across Paris.

CNN reports a hostage inside the Bataclan concert hall was tweeting for authorities to raid the theater because they are being slaughtered “one-by-one.” American band Eagles of Death Metal was playing at the concert hall when the attack happened.

“We are still currently trying to determine the safety and whereabouts of all our band and crew. Our thoughts are with all of the people involved in this tragic situation,” a statement on the band’s Facebook page reads.

Witness Julien Pearce, who was inside when the attack happened but was able to escape, told CNN that it was a “bloodbath” and he saw at least 20 bodies.

In addition to the deaths at the concert hall, a police official said 11 people were killed in a Paris restaurant in the 10th arrondissement and other officials said at least three people died when bombs went off outside a soccer stadium during a match between France and Germany.

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A French police official confirmed to The Associated Press there were two suicide attacks and one bombing near the stadium.

The officials spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to be publicly named according to police policy.

A woman who said she was at the restaurant told France 24 television that diners fell to the floor when gunshots were directed at the restaurant’s window. She told France 24 that a woman lying next to her had a fatal injury.

At the White House, President Barack Obama called the attacks an “outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians.”

French President Francois Hollande was at the game but was evacuated from the stadium. Hollande announced that France will be closing its borders following the attacks.

“It’s a horror,” he said.

Hollande said the nation would stand firm and united against the attackers. He said security forces were assaulting one of the sites hit by the attacks, without elaborating.

A mandatory curfew has been instituted in Paris. This is the first mandatory curfew in Paris since 1944.

A Vine clip was posted of a blast heard during the game.

The attack comes as France has heightened security measures ahead of a major global climate conference that starts in two weeks, out of fear of violent protests and potential terrorist attacks.

Emilioi Macchio, from Ravenna, Italy, was at the Carillon bar near the restaurant that was targeted, having a beer on the sidewalk when the shooting started. He said he didn’t see any gunmen or victims, but hid behind a corner then ran away.

“It sounded like fireworks,” he said.

A senior U.S. law enforcement official told CBS News senior investigative producer Pat Milton the FBI has offered whatever help is needed to France. The FBI was meeting with French law enforcement late Friday.

A Department of Homeland Security official told CBS News correspondent Jeff Pegues that DHS was closely monitoring the unfolding events in Paris and “we remain in contact with our counterparts in the region”.

At this time, the DHS official said, there was no specific or credible threat to the United States.

The official went on to say that “DHS will adjust our security posture, as appropriate, to protect the American people” and coordinate with state, local, federal and international law enforcement and intelligence partners.

A New York police official said that the NYPD is stepping up security at all high profile locations in New York City as a precaution. The NYPD official said there is no current specific threats the decision to beef up security is out of precaution.

France has been on edge since deadly attacks by Islamic extremists in January on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a kosher grocery that left 20 dead, including the three attackers.

The restaurant targeted Friday, Le Carillon, is in the same general neighborhood as the Charlie Hebdo offices.

The country has seen several smaller-scale attacks or attempts since, including an incident on a high-speed train in August in which American travelers thwarted a heavily armed Islamic radical trying to attack passengers.

REPORT: PARIS ATTACKER WAS SYRIAN “REFUGEE” WHO ARRIVED IN GREECE LAST MONTH

Stade de France suicide bomber identified as would-be asylum seeker by Greek government

Paul Joseph Watson – NOVEMBER 14, 2015

Reports are emerging that one of the terrorists involved in last night’s Paris massacre was a Syrian refugee who arrived in Greece last month.

Greek journalist Yannis Koutsomitis tweets that the country’s Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection has confirmed that the terrorist found with a Syrian passport on his person was, “registered as refugee on Leros island in October.”

A Syrian passport was discovered on the body of one of the suicide bombers who staged the attack outside the Stade de France during the France v Germany soccer game.

If confirmed, the report will be a devastating blow to Angela Merkel and other European leaders who have opened the borders to hundreds of thousands of migrants despite ISIS’ vow to exploit the crisis to infiltrate jihadists into the west.

Earlier today, Merkel responded to the massacre by calling for people to express “tolerance” towards the migrants.

Numerous experts have warned that rolling out the red carpet to migrants from the Middle East would substantitally heighten the risk of terrorists being able to cross into Europe, although such concerns were dismissed by many at the time as fearmongering.

Koutsomitis also drew attention to a quote by Greece migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas, who on September 9th said, “It would be “foolish to believe that there are no jihadists among the refugees that cross into Europe.”

Distraught family and friends have launched a desperate search for loved ones feared dead in the ISIS Paris massacre.

At least 127 people have killed and more than 300 taken to hospital after eight militants carried out a series of co-ordinated attacks across the French capital that placed the country in a state of nationwide emergency.

As chaos, confusion and fear continues to grip the city, parents have been taking to Twitter in the hope of finding news of their missing children while mourners across Paris and the world held vigils for the dead.

Many have shared pictures and information about their loved ones with the hashtag ‘RechercheParis’ – which means ‘search Paris’ – and it has now spawned its own Twitter accounts and Facebook page.

Many of those missing were at the Bataclan concert hall last night, where as many as 80 people were shot dead, including a British man, during a heavy metal gig.

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A collage of pictures posted on Twitter under the hashtag ‘RechercheParis’ – which means ‘search Paris’ – shows some of those feared dead in the ISIS massacre as distraught family and friends launched a desperate search for loved ones in the hours after the terror attacks

Distraught family have launched a desperate search for loved ones feared dead in the ISIS Paris massacre including Precilla Correia and Manu Perez (above) who were watching a heavy metal gig at the Bataclan concert hall when gunman slaughtered up to 80 fans

Georges Saline is one of the parents looking for their children: Last night, he tweeted his appeal in the desperate hope finding her

Nick Alexander, thought to be originally from Colchester in Essex, was shot dead while watching a heavy metal gig at the Bataclan. His American girlfriend Helen Wilson told how she desperately trying to resuscitate as the attackers ‘lurked in the shadows

Nick Alexander, thought to be originally from Colchester in Essex with his American girlfriend Helen Wilson when gunman stormed the complex before blowing themselves up.

The 36-year-old’s American girlfriend Helen Wilson told of how they were forced to lie on the ground as every time anyone moved they were shot.

He was fatally wounded when someone attracted the gunman’s attention while trying to make a break for freedom.

Helen was left desperately trying to resuscitate Nick while the gunmen lurked ‘in the shadows’ – but her efforts were vain.

Speaking from her hospital bed in Paris, Helen told The Telegraph: ‘Then he couldn’t breathe any more and I held him in my arms and told him I loved him. He was the love of my life.’

Francois Hollande accused ISIS of orchestrating the worst attacks in France for more than 70 years, declaring it an ‘act of war’ and vowing to ‘mercilessly’ strike back against the jihadi ‘barbarians’.

Mourners embrace at a vigil for victims of the Paris terror attacks as they prayed for the dead and searched for the missing

Mourners leave floral tributes at the main entrance of Le Carillon restaurant which was targeted in a series of terrorist attacks in Paris

A mourner pays his respect outside the Le Carillon restaurant the morning after a series of deadly attacks in Paris that killed at least 127

Shock: A woman breaks down in tears while visiting Le Carillon cafe, where around 14 people were killed in the terror attacks

One woman prays (left) while another weeps (right) in front of the Carillon cafe in Paris where victims were gunned down by ISIS militants

In a televised address, the French President said the attacks were ‘committed by a terrorist army, the Islamic State group, a jihadist army, against France, against the values that we defend everywhere in the world, against what we are: a free country that means something to the whole planet’.

ISIS later claimed responsibility for the attacks in revenge for French air strikes in Iraq and Syria and warned: ‘This is just the start of a storm’. It was also reported that one of the suicide bombers was found with a Syrian passport.

Police are also hunting accomplices amid fears of further attacks, with the arrest of a 51-year-old man in Germany last week after firearms were discovered in his car now being linked to the atrocities, according to media reports.

Police are also reportedly chasing a car containing four ‘heavily armed men’ who stormed through a police road block as they headed towards Paris.

Fleeing the massacre: A dramatic new video has emerged showing desperate Paris terror attack victims escaping from a theatre where jihadi gunmen slaughtered dozens of concert-goers, with some (above) dragging their bleeding friends along the ground to safety

The footage shows a woman hanging from the second floor window of the Bataclan theatre, while others run for their lives into the street

A victim under a blanket lays dead outside the Bataclan theatre in Paris where around 100 concert-goers were massacred by jihadi gunmen

Officers are said to be in pursuit of a Citroën Berlingo after it forced its way through a toll on the A10 in the Ablis area of Yvelines in north-west France.

In an indication of the heightened state of alert, it was earlier reported that armed officers and a police helicopter were scrambled to the Bagnolet area of Paris following reports of gunfire and explosions.

Residents were reportedly told to stay indoors but local authorities later confirmed the ‘explosions’ were the result of fireworks being let off at a wedding celebration.

France was in a nationwide state of emergency today after at least 127 people were killed in a series of coordinated terror attacks in the heart of Paris that have paralysed the country.

A victim is wheeled out of the Bataclan concert hall where Islamic State gunmen mercilessly slaughtered up to 100 fans before blowing themselves up in a series of co-ordinated attacks across the French capital

A medic takes a victim’s body away from the scene of the Bataclan concert hall where up to 100 fans were shot dead at a heavy metal gig

Tributes are placed next to blood stains and medical items outside the Bataclan concert hall, evidence of desperate attempts to save victims who was attacked by jihadi gunmen in a series of terror attacks across the French capital

Armed with AK47 machine guns and shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’, four of the group marched into a rock concert at the Bataclan theatre, massacring up to 100 people and taking dozens hostage.

Video footage emerged of the stampede into a street behind the theatre shows concert-goers leaving a trail of blood as they drag their dying friends from the scene.

One woman clung desperately to the window ledge of the second floor as she tried to hide from the terrorists.

Meanwhile, bodies lie by the entrance – all apparently dead, before one moves and attempts to stand. Bleeding heavily, and unable to lift themselves, the camera captures the moment they try to use their phone – possibly to call for help.

The video was taken by Le Monde journalist Daniel Psenny from his flat in a building opposite. He was later injured himself, shot in the arm through his window.

Witnesses reported hearing at least one of the terrorists at the Bataclan Theatre speaking perfect French.

Blood is seen smeared on the floor in buildings near the Bataclan concert hall where dozens of heavy metal fans were massacred

Belongings of victims lay on the pavement outside the Bataclan concert hall. French President Francois Hollande said at least 127 people died in shootings at Paris cafes, suicide bombings near France’s national stadium and a hostage-taking slaughter at a concert

A forensic scientist inspects the scene outside of the Cafe Bonne Biere on Rue du Faubourg du Temple in Paris on Saturday

Snipers patrol the meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris where President Francois Hollande was holding an emergency security meeting

Bullet holes are seen in the windows of Le Carillon bar after gunmen targeted a string of businesses, killing more than 20 people

Windows at the Cambodian restaurant Le Petit Cambodge are peppered with bullet holes after being targeted by ISIS fanatics

A bullet hole is seen in the window of a Japanese restaurant (left) next to the cafe La Belle Equipe at the Rue de Charonne in Paris while bullets peppered the walls (right) near to Le Petit Cambodge restaurant close to Rue Bichat

Bullet holes are seen on the windows of the Cafe Bonne Biere restaurant near a table of cutlery and wine glasses

Bullet holes are seen through the glass door of the Casa Nostra Cafe after yesterday’s terror attack by ISIS militants in Paris

The horror started when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the Stade de France sports stadium where Mr Hollande was watching the French football team play Germany.

A Syrian passport was retrieved from one of the suicide bombers who targeted the football stadium, according to two French police officers, while the second is believed to have been as young as 15 years old.

It later emerged the holder had passed though Greece in October, a Greek minister said.

‘The holder of the passport passed through the island of Leros on October 3, 2015, where he was identified according to EU rules,’ said Greece’s deputy minister in charge of police, Nikos Toscas.

Toscas did not know if the passport was checked by other countries through which the holder possibly passed on his way to France. A Greek police source said French authorities had asked other countries in Europe, including Greece, to check on the passport.

Fanatics later attacked Cambodian restaurant Le Petit Cambodge and the bar-cafe Le Carillon on Rue Alibert around five miles away.

According to a woman who was in the Cambodian restaurant, a gunman shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ (God is great in Arabic) before firing.

French prosecutors say 14 were killed and several critically injured. Eyewitnesses reported hearing a sound like fireworks before they realised the gravity of the situation and desperately tried to flee or hide.

Another gun attack happened at la Casa Nostra in Rue de la Fontaine au Roi and nearby bar La Bonne Biere in Rue du Faubourg de Temple with eyewitnesses reporting seeing five bodies. Another witness said he saw shots being fired from a Ford Focus.

Meanwhile the sidewalk terrace of La Belle Equipe on Rue de Charonne was showered in gunfire, killing as many as 18 people. There were reports that a Japanese restaurant on the road was also targeted.

Some 1,500 extra soldiers have been mobilised to guard French facilities while schools and universities were closed.

Police patrol in front of the Louvre Pyramid at the Louvre museum in Paris as the country was placed in a nationwide state of emergency

Soldiers were deployed at key sites around Paris, including Parliament buildings and religious sites, while in a highly unusual move Disneyland Paris has been closed to the public

President Francois Hollande speaks to French Prime minister Manuel Valls while leaving the Elysee Palace in Paris after a security meeting

Many French schools are normally open on Saturdays, but the French government ordered them shuttered as part of emergency security measures.

As a precaution, all sports events were cancelled on Saturday, while access to public facilities such as museums and swimming pools was restricted.

Soldiers were deployed at key sites around Paris, including Parliament buildings, the Eiffel Tower and religious sites, while in a highly unusual move Disneyland Paris has been closed to the public.

The government has also re-imposed border controls that were abandoned as part of Europe’s free-travel zone.

Border and customs officers will check people, baggage and vehicles entering and leaving France by road, train, sea or plane, said customs official Melanie Lacuire.

Security checks were also reinforced outside French official buildings in various capitals including Vienna, where a international meeting on the conflict in Syria was taking place.

Governments also called for heightened vigilance from the general public.

Britain’s Foreign Office updated its travel advice for France urging its citizens to ‘exercise caution in public places’ while Belgium said its nationals should avoid unnecessary travel south of the border altogether.

Handcuffed: A man is arrested by police near the Bataclan theatre where up to 100 concert-goers were massacred by ISIS militants in a night of terror on the streets of Paris. It is not know if this man was detained in connection with the attacks

At least 127 people have been killed in a series of coordinated terror attacks in the heart of Paris which have paralysed the French capital. Pictured: A restaurant on Rue Bichat where several people were shot dead last night

Bodies litter the streets of a Paris alley after a string of terror attacks in the French capital which led President Francois Hollande to declare a national state of emergency

Victims of the shooting attack lay on the pavement with medics outside La Belle Equipe restaurant in Paris

French fire brigade members aid an injured individual near the Bataclan concert hall following fatal shootings in Paris

A soldier stands by victims in the 10th district of Paris where an AK47 wielding fanatic gunned down 11 people at a Cambodian restaurant

Two police officials said at least 11 people were killed in the restaurant shootout in Paris

Some at the Bataclan concert hall escaped through an emergency exit, while others left through the roof and went to an adjacent apartment. Above, a trio embrace each other after the attacks

A victim’s body lies covered on Boulevard des Filles du Calvaire, close to the Bataclan theatre

Bloodied: A French policeman assists a blood-covered victim near the Bataclan concert hall following the attacks

French special forces storm Bataclan to free hostages

VICTIMS CONFIRMED DEAD SO FAR

At least 127 people have been killed in the terror attacks across Paris.

Among those confirmed dead so far include:

Two Belgians

One Swede

One Portuguese man, 63

Among those feared dead are:

One Briton

One Swede

British Prime Minister David Cameron said he would review national security after talks with key ministers at Downing Street.

‘We must be prepared for a number of British casualties,’ he said after an emergency cabinet meeting in Downing Street that kept the threat level for Britain at ‘severe’ – the second highest attacks.

In a message of solidarity to the people of France, he added: ‘Your values are our values, your pain is our pain, your fight is our fight.’

Similar meetings were being held by governments across Europe, including in Austria, Germany, Italy and Spain.

The Queen sent her condolences to the French people in a message to the president, telling Mr Hollande that she and the Duke of Edinburgh were ‘deeply shocked and saddened by the terrible loss of life’.

The Prince of Wales has condemned the Paris terrorist atrocities as ‘bestial attacks’ and said he wanted to express his ‘utter, total horror’ at what had happened.

Hospitals appeared so overwhelmed, a junior doctor called on other medical staff to offer assistance in a number of location across Paris amid reports as many as 180 people had been wounded.

They tweeted: ‘Present yourself to your nearest hospital and help in any way you can. If you are not needed at your local hospital, the following hospitals are in need of help: Bichat, Pitié Salpêtrière, HEGP, Lariboisière.’

French President Francois Hollande declared a national state of emergency following what he called ‘unprecedented terror attacks’, reinstating border checks and deployed 1,500 extra troops to the capital. Initially it had been reported that France had closed its borders.

Gunfire heard in Paris as deadly attacks hit French capital

French riot police appear to hold a man down on the streets of Paris, following a series of deadly attacks in the French capital

A man lies on the ground as French police check his identity near the Bataclan concert hall following a series of terror attacks in Paris

French special forces evacuate people, including an injured man holding his head, as people gather near the Bataclan concert hall following fatal shootings

Rescue workers help a woman after the shooting at Bataclan theatre

French fire brigade members help an injured individual near the Bataclan concert hall following fatal shootings in Paris, France

TIMELINE OF TERROR: HOW A NIGHT OF CARNAGE UNFOLDED IN THE VERY HEART OF PARIS

There was a shootout at a restaurant on the Rue Bichat, two explosions near the Stade de France sports stadium and another shooting at the Paris Bataclan concert hall

21:20 First explosion hits the Stade de France, where France were playing Germany. French president Francois Hollande was evacuated.

21:29 Shooting at the Avenue de la Republique, close to the other restaurants. Four people died. The nearby Casa Nostra restaurant was also targeted, with five deaths reported.

21:30 Second explosion at the Stade de France, believed to be a suicide bomber. French president Francois Hollande, who was watching the game, was evacuated.

21:38 Shooting at La Belle Equipe bar on the Rue de Charonne, several miles from the other sites. At least 19 deaths.

21:43 Explosion reported on Boulevard Voltaire. Details are sparse, one man believed to have died.

21:49 Four gunmen storm the Bataclan theatre, using grenades and assault rifles. The men took more than 100 hostages and started to murder them one by one. At least 80 deaths have been confirmed, with many more injuries.

21:53 Third explosion at the Stade de France, near a McDonald’s. Three deaths in total have been confirmed from the stadium – it is not clear whether these are the suicide bombers themselves.

22:00 Shooting on the boulevard Beaumarchais, where four more deaths were reported.

00:20 Police storm the Batalcan in the hope of stopping the hostage massacre. Seven gunmen blow themselves up with suicide vests, an eighth was killed by police.

Terrorists launched a total of six coordinated attacks at high-profile sites across Paris:

Two suicide bomb attacks at a bar near the Stade de France led to President Hollande being evacuated from the stadium. He has since declared a national state of emergency.

Two terrorists with AK47s burst into the Bataclan concert hall, where rock band Eagles of Death Metal were performing. They sprayed bullets and threw grenades into thousands of people before they started slaughtering people one by one.

A terrorist armed with an AK47 killed at least 11 people at Cambodian restaurant Le Petit Cambodge on Rue Bichat at around 9pm.

Gunfire and bomb blasts have also been reported at the Louvre art gallery, the Pompidou Centre and Les Halles shopping centre.

Witnesses have told of the horror which unfolded inside the Bataclan theatre, where more than 1,000 people were watching rock band Eagles of Death Metal perform.

The told of how AK47 wielding terrorists shouted ‘Allah Akbar’ as they ‘blindly’ opened fire into a crowd of people.

‘It looked like a battlefield, there was blood everywhere, there were bodies everywhere,’ Marc Coupris, 57, told the Guardian.

He added: ‘I was at the far side of the hall when shooting began. There seemed to be at least two gunmen. They shot from the balcony.

‘They shot at ‘very young’ people in the violent attack which lasted around 15 minutes, said Julien Pearce, a journalist at Europe 1. The gunmen, who witnesses have described as young men in theirs 20s, reloaded three or four times as they gunned down innocent people at random.

People run after hearing what is believed to be explosions or gun shots near Place de la Republique square in Paris

At least 11 people were killed in the restaurant, close to where the Charlie Hebdo shootings occurred in January, and another 15 killed in the theatre

Explosion heard during international match Stade de France

‘Three men with Kalashnikovs and wearing flak jackets burst in in the middle of the concert,’ another man, a man named Hervé, told the Telegraph after escaping through an emergency exit.

He said the men were not wearing masks, adding: ‘They just started spraying bullets. I saw a girl hit right in front of me. There must have been quite a few dead.’

Another man said: ‘The men came in and started shooting. Everyone fell to the ground. It was hell.

‘I took my mum, and we hid. Someone near us said they have gone, so we ran out.’

And Gilles Avel said: ‘We are all terrified, and have been told to get away as soon as possible.’

A witness who was near the front of the concert when he saw a man wearing a cap firing into the crowd.

He told the Liberation newspaper: ‘He shot in my direction. People started falling and throwing themselves towards the ground.

‘I think the guy next to me was dead. I went out of the emergency exit at the opposite end of the road. It was only once in the road that I started to see people covered in blood.

Another witness, Pierre Janaszak, a radio presenter, told AFP he was sitting in the balconies with his sister and friends, when they heard shots from below about one hour into the show.

‘At first, we thought it was part of the show but we quickly understood. They were three I think and they were just firing into the crowd.

‘They were armed with big guns, I imagine Kalashnikovs, it was a hell of a noise. They didn’t stop firing.

‘They had 20 hostages, and we could hear them talking with them,’ said Janaszak, who was hiding with several others in the toilet.

‘I clearly heard them say ‘It’s the fault of Hollande, it’s the fault of your president, he should not have intervened in Syria’. They also spoke about Iraq.’

Aftermath of Paris shooting caught on camera by bystander

A French police officer takes cover while on the lookout for the shooters who attacked the restaurant ‘Le Petit Cambodge’

Forensic police search for evidence inside the La Belle Equipe cafe, where several people were killed

At least 26 people have been killed and at least seven wounded in terror attacks in central Paris, it has been reported

French President Francoise Hollande declared a national state of emergency following what he called ‘unprecedented terror attacks’

On guard: A machine gun-wielding police officer stands to attention on a street near the scene of the restaurant shooting

Witnesses have told of how they saw bodies littering the streets of Paris after a machine gun wielding attacker went on a rampage in central Paris

Machine gun fire and screams were heard from inside a restaurant close to the Rue Bichat at around 9pm

A statement on Eagles Of Death Metal’s Facebook page said: ‘We are still currently trying to determine the safety and whereabouts of all our band and crew. Our thoughts are with all of the people involved in this tragic situation.’

The two explosions in a bar near the Stade de France stadium were detonated by suicide bombers, it has been confirmed.

A witness said the explosions were loud enough to be heard over the sound of cheering fans. Sirens were heard immediately and a helicopter was seen circling overhead.

A 27-year-old man, who was just 30ft from the explosion, said he felt like he was ‘in a video game’.

Speaking to the Daily Mail, he said: ‘There was an explosion in front of us. It was a very loud noise. At first I thought it was a bin that had been set alight. But then I thought it wasn’t a fire cracker.

‘Everyone stopped. A man was on the floor screaming. I don’t know what happened to the man. I just heard him scream and move around the floor. He wasn’t unconscious.’

As he approached the stadium door around three minutes later, a second bomb went off 15ft from where he was standing.

He added: ‘It was a very loud noise. I’ve never heard anything like it. My heart jumped. There were 20 of us. We started running. The match had started 15 minutes before.

‘The doormen started locking the stadium doors… it was shocking to see. I thought, ‘that could have been me’.’

Spectators invade the pitch of the Stade de France stadium after two explosions were heard during the international friendly soccer France against Germany

Spectators wait on the pitch of the during the match between France and Germany at Stade de France after two suicide bombers detonated explosives outside

Players and crowd at Stade de France shocked by explosion

I was at the back of the bar. I couldn’t see anything. I heard gunshots. People dropped to the ground. We put a table over our heads to protect us. We were held up in the bar because there was a pile of bodies in front of us

Witness in concert hall

Players briefly stopped in their tracks when they heard the twin blasts. Following news of the attack, thousands of fans – too scared to leave the stadium – poured onto the pitch.

Earlier in the night, an AK47 wielding gunman attacked a Cambodian restaurant, Le Petit Cambodge, in the Bastille area of the city, while grenade blasts were also heard.

Police and other emergency services are at the scene, which is close to where the Charlie Hebdo attack happened in January.

Images posted online showed the cracked windows of what appeared to be the restaurant under attack.

Dozens of people were standing outside their cars on the junction opposite and the lights of police cars could be seen above them.

Eyewitness Ben Grant, who was in a nearby bar with his wife at the time, said he saw six or seven bodies on the ground.

He told the BBC: ‘I was told people in cars had opened fire on the bar. There are lots of dead people. It’s pretty horrific to be honest.

‘I was at the back of the bar. I couldn’t see anything. I heard gunshots. People dropped to the ground. We put a table over our heads to protect us. We were held up in the bar because there was a pile of bodies in front of us.’

Emilioi Macchio from Italy was at a bar close to where the restaurant shooting took place, and said it ‘sounded like fireworks’.

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Images posted online showed the cracked windows of what appeared to be the restaurant under attack

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Police and other emergency services are at the scene, which is close to where the Charlie Hebdo attack happened in January

French fire brigade members help an injured individual near the Bataclan concert hall following fatal shootings in Paris

Fans rushed out of Stade de France following deadly explosions

EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBERS FOR PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT LOVED ONES IN PARIS

People concerned about loved ones in Paris can contact the Foreign Office in London on 020 7008 0000.

The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs also has staff on hand in Dublin to take calls from concerned families on 01 408 2000.

Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to be publicly named.

President Hollande said last night: ‘France needs to be strong. Terrorists want us to be scared. In the face of terror we must be united.’

‘We have, on my decision, mobilised all forces possible to neutralise the terrorists and make all concerned areas safe. I have also asked for military reinforcements. They are currently in the Paris area, to ensure that no new attack can take place. I have also called a cabinet meeting that will be held in a few minutes.

‘Two decisions will be taken – a state of emergency will be declared, which means that some places will be closed, traffic may be banned, and there will also be searches which may be decided throughout Ile de France [greater Paris].’

The state of emergency ordered by Hollande last night is an exceptional clampdown on civil liberties. It gives the authorities virtual total power over the movement of people and vehicles at all times.

Curfews, travel restrictions and house arrests are all in the power of the police. Closure of public places – as is planned tomorrow – all come under the law and all media, movie screenings and theatre performances are also within the strict remit of the government.

Paris’ deputy mayor said the attacks were a horrific reminder of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in January, adding: ‘It’s a heavy recollection of what happened in January (C. Hebdo). Now we are struck again. This is harder. I am shaken.’

U.S. President Barack Obama last night branded the carnage in Paris an ‘attack on humanity’ and claimed it was an ‘outrageous attempt to terrorise innocent civilians’.

Bystander in Paris captures the aftermath of bomb explosion

Emergency services strat to tend to the injured at the terroist attack at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris

At least 35 people are thought to have been killed inside the Bataclan concert hall and several people were wounded (pictured)

Police and emergency services gather outside Paris venue

Defiant French fans sing national anthem after attacks

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French President Francois Hollande (pictured) is escorted out of the Stade de France by his security team before the end of the France versus Germany football match

He said: ‘This is an attack not just on Paris, not just on the people of France, it’s an attack on all of humanity and the universal values we share. This is a heart-breaking situation, and obviously those of us here in the United States know what it’s like.’

David Cameron said that he was ‘shocked by events in Paris’ and pledged to do ‘whatever we can to help’, adding: ‘Our thoughts and prayers are with the French people.’

The restaurant targeted Friday, Le Carillon, is in the same general neighborhood as the Charlie Hebdo offices.

France has been on edge since ISIS extremists launched a bloody attack on the satirical newspaper and a kosher grocery that left 20 people – including the three attackers – dead.

FACEBOOK ROLLS OUT ‘SAFETY CHECK’ IN WAKE OF PARIS ATTACKS

Facebook has customised its safety check feature to let users know whether their friends and loved ones are safe in Paris.

More than 140 people have been killed in tragic attacks across several locations in the French capital in the past few hours.

Users in Paris are now being sent notifications by Facebook’s mobile app, asking them whether they are safe, and offering to check on any of their friends.

Twitter users have also responded, urging citizens to offer shelter to anyone in need, using #PorteOuverte

The Facebook ‘Safety Check’ tool, which can be found here, lets you input whether you are safe or not in the affected area.

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Users in Paris are being sent notifications by Facebook’s mobile app, asking them whether they are safe, and offering to check on any of their friends. If Facebook notices that you are using a device in an affected area in Paris, it will ask: ‘Are you safe?’

Users can then also see how other friends and family in an affected area are doing and can mark people as ‘safe’.

If Facebook notices that you are using a device in an affected area in Paris, it will ask: ‘Are you safe?’

Your location is determined by the city listed in your profile, you last location if you use the Nearby Friends product or the city where you are using the internet.

It can be used around the world on Android, iOS, feature phone and on computers.

If you’re not in the area, you can select ‘I’m not in the area.’

The attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo left 13 dead when two Paris born terrorists slaughtered its cartoonists and general staff members.

Four Jewish shoppers were also murdered in the same set of attacks inside a Kosher supermarket in nearby Vincennes.

The French capital has been on a high state of alert ever since, with security services warning that another attack was always likely.

Since then there have been a number of more minor strikes or attempts. In one, three Americans and a Briton overpowered a heavily armed gunman on a train from Amsterdam to Paris.

ISIS’s online supporters have already started to celebrate the devastating attack in Paris, using the hashtag ‘Paris in fire’ on social media, but it has not been confirmed whether the terror group is behind the attacks.

‘They are cutting us down one by one…dead bodies everywhere’: 118 people killed at theatre after police storm it, shoot dead three jihadists and release 125 more hostages

An injured hostage inside a Paris theatre described how terrorists were slaughtering ‘everyone one by one’ in one of a series of attacks that are thought to have killed at least 142 people.

Benjamin Cazenoves, one of those held captive during a rock concert, wrote on social media: ‘I’m still at the Bataclan. 1st floor. Hurt Bad! There are survivors inside. They are cutting down all the world. One by one.’

He added in another Facebook post: ‘Alive. Just cuts… Carnage… Dead bodies everywhere.’

Reports said that French security forces had successfully stormed the building, freed the surviving hostages and killed three terrorists thought to be among six or seven who perpetrated attacks throughout Paris on Friday night.

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A man inside the Bataclan theatre in Paris that was taken over by terrorists said that the assailants were slaughtering hostages ‘one by one’. Above, French special forces evacuate people from the building

A man who said he was on the first floor of the concert hall posted on Facebook about the terrifying situation

Benjamin Cazenoves later said that he was alive and just had cuts, but that others had been killed. Sources say that at least 100 had died in the attack

A gunman who yelled ‘Allah Akbar’ is believed to have taken at least 100 people hostage at the Bataclan theatre (pictured) in Paris

The California rock band The Eagles of Death Metal had been playing Thursday night. A post on the band’s Facebook page said that the safety of the group was still being determined.

Witnesses described unmasked men in their early 20s with Kalashnikov assault rifles bursting into the middle of the concert and begin spraying bullets at attendees as they reloaded three or four times.

The onslaught lasted for maybe ten minutes as people screamed and cowered on the floor, covering their heads in a vain bid to escape the bullets, a witness told the Daily Mail.

”I was in the pit at the front. I heard bangs go off. I turned round and I saw a silhouette with a cap on who was heading towards the back door,’ one witness told the newspaper Liberation.

‘He shot in my direction. People started falling and throwing themselves towards the ground’.

Others described hiding in rooms by the stage before making a break for the emergency exit left of the stage, while others said they escaped to the roof and were helped by a man in an apartment adjacent to the theatre.

Survivors of the attack were tended to be emergency personnel after some escaped during the shooting and others were freed by security forces

Above, a photo of the band during their show at the Bataclan before the terrorist attack thought to have killed at least 100

Journalist Julien Pierce told CNN that the gunmen did not shout slogans as they massacred their victims.

He said: ‘They didn’t say anything. Not Allah akhbar or something like this. They said nothing. They just shot. They just shoot.’

The Bataclan theatre had previously supported the magazine Charlie Hebdo after the satirical publication was attacked in January this year.

A photo of the hall shows the marquee with the phrase ‘Je Suis Charlie’, used in support of the attack’s victims.

According to a woman in the restaurant where shots first broke out near the Bataclan, a gunman shouted ‘Allah Akbar’ (God is great in Arabic) before firing. Terrified customers hid under tables.

Eyewitness Ben Grant, who was in a bar with his wife, said he counted ‘six or seven bodies’ on the floor.

He told the BBC: ‘I was told people in cars had opened fire on the bar. There are lots of dead people. It’s pretty horrific to be honest. I was at the back of the bar. I couldn’t see anything.

‘I heard gunshots. People dropped to the ground. We put a table over our heads to protect us. We were held up in the bar because there was a pile of bodies in front of us.’

At least eleven people were killed when machine gun-wielding terrorists attacked a central Paris restaurant in the first of a series of co-ordinated terror attacks across the French capital last night.

According to a woman who was in the Cambodian restaurant, a gunman shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ (God is great in Arabic) before firing.

Terrified customers hid under tables as one diner described seeing a ‘pile of bodies’ on the ground.

Within hours, at least 140 were massacred in the city in the country’s worst ever terror outrage.

ervices were called to the scene after armed terrorists fired at diners in a Paris restaurant

The horror started with Kalashnikov-wielding fanatics attacking Cambodian restaurant Le Petit Cambodge in the Bastille area of the city at around 9pm. Pictured, emergency services at the scene

Terrorists gunned down up to 120 at the Bactalan concert hall concert hall where around 100 people were held hostage. Gunfire was also heard in two bars in the 11th Arrondissement.

There were two further suicide attacks and a bombing near the Stade de France stadium where France and Germany were playing a friendly international football match.

Police said there were at least three dead in the attacks near the stadium, near two of the entrances and a McDonalds restaurant. He said the explosions went off simultaneously.

French President Francoise Hollande declared a national state of emergency following what he called ‘unprecedented terror attacks’, shut borders and deployed an extra 1,500 troops to Paris.

The ordeal ended only when police swooped on the Bactalan concert hall, killing the hostage-takers. In total, five suspected terrorists were killed across the city by French security forces.

BRITON WHO HELD WOMAN’S ARM AFTER SHE WAS FATALLY INJURED

Briton Charlotte Brehaut is one of roughly 40 diners who was inside the restaurant when the gunmen opened fired on diners in an attack that left 11 dead.

Miss Brehaut, who was out with a friend, said she was forced to flatten herself against the ground when the gunshots started – shattering the window to the Cambodian restaurant.

She said there was a feeling of ‘terror and panic’ as the gunshots started at the eatery, which she said was in a ‘young area’ of the city and had been ‘quite lively’ on a Friday night.

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Survivor: Briton Charlotte Brehaut is one of roughly 40 diners who was inside the restaurant

Speaking to CNN, she described how she held on to one woman who was fatally injured in the attack.

She said: ‘All of a sudden we heard huge gunshots and there was lots of glass coming through the window. We ducked on to the floor with all of the other diners and we heard more gunshots coming through the window. Shards of glass were hitting people lying down on the floor.

‘I was holding a woman’s arm next to me. I realised she had been fatally wounded. She had been shot in the chest and there was blood all around her. And there were others who were wounded.’

Miss Brehaut said she ‘didn’t see anything’ but that she believed there had been ‘more than one gunman’.

She added: ‘It also sounded like they stopped to reload – they stopped to reload and then there were more shots fired the second time around.’

The horror started with Kalashnikov-wielding fanatics attacking Cambodian restaurant Le Petit Cambodge in the Bastille area of the city at around 9pm.

Witness Ben Grant, who was in a bar with his wife, said he counted ‘six or seven bodies’ on the floor.

He told the BBC: ‘I was told people in cars had opened fire on the bar. There are lots of dead people. It’s pretty horrific to be honest. I was at the back of the bar. I couldn’t see anything.

‘I heard gunshots. People dropped to the ground. We put a table over our heads to protect us. We were held up in the bar because there was a pile of bodies in front of us.’

Police and other emergency services are at the scene, which is close to where the Charlie Hebdo attack happened in January.

Images posted online showed the cracked windows of what appeared to be the restaurant under attack.

Dozens of people were standing outside their cars on the junction opposite and the lights of police cars could be seen above them.

The chilling moment two explosions rang out at France’s national stadium during football match when suicide bombers detonated nearby killing six

Chilling footage has emerged as at least one suicide bomber detonated explosives outside the Stade de France, causing thousand of fans to desperately try to flee the stands during the France and Germany game this evening.

Filmed by a fan, the video shows a French player in possession of the ball before a huge explosion can be heard in the background.

At least one terrorist is thought to have detonated a explosive device whilst trying to enter Gate J of the stadium, killing at least three fans.

Supporters of both France and Germany are being held in the stadium until they can be safely evacuated

Despite the terrifying explosion, the game continued before thousands of the terrified fans gathered on the pitch at the Stade de France.

Shortly after the full time whistle of Friday night’s friendly game against Germany, fans were evacuated as further co-ordinated terrorist attacks were being carried out in the city.

The president of the French Football Federation later confirmed an explosion at Gate J of the national stadium but that the ground had been secured.

The sound of two explosions had been heard in the ground during the first-half, just hours after the German team were evacuated from their hotel amid a bomb scare.

Defiant French fans sing national anthem after attacks

Fans rushed out of Stade de France following deadly explosions

Police and emergency services gather outside Paris venue

Fan footage shows how the players continued to play football despite the horrific blast

Fans can be heard screaming in terror and confusion following the loud explosion outside the ground

France and Germany supporters wait until they can be escorted safely away from the stadium

Hundreds of fans banded together, distressed at their situation as French police attempted to regain control.

The English FA, meanwhile, have confirmed that they will liaise with their French counterparts ahead of next Tuesday’s friendly match at Wembley before any further announcements are made.

Les Bleus are due to face Roy Hodgson’s men, but the encounter is now under a cloud of doubt after the alarming developments in the French capital.

Indeed, the prospect of the match being postponed looks likely given the horrific nature of the attacks.

France’s year of terror: How Charlie Hebdo massacre sparked series of extremist attacks which have brought bloodshed to country

The horrific co-ordinated attacks carried out last night comes as the latest and most violent terrorist attack to target civilians on French soil.

From the Charlie Hebdo attack to the foiled lone gunman on the Thalys train, France has been repeatedly targeted by terrorists this year.

Twelve people were killed in January when two Islamic terrorists brandishing Kalashnikovs burst into the headquarters of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

Twelve people were killed in January when two Islamic terrorists brandishing Kalashnikovs burst into the headquarters of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo

The perpetrators, brother Chérif and Saïd Kouachi, were killed by police two days after police stormed a building where they were holding a hostage

Among the slain was Stephane Charbonnier, the defiant editor whose satirical newspaper dared to poke fun at everything from religion to feminism.

Calmly leaving behind a scene resembling a war zone with bullet-riddled windows and the cries of the dying and wounded, the men ran on to the street outside – with the subsequent murder of an injured policeman caught on camera.

Witnesses said they heard the gunmen shouting ‘We have avenged the Prophet Mohammed’, ‘God is Great’ in Arabic and boasting ‘We have killed Charlie Hebdo.’

The gunmen made their escape before stopping to kill the wounded officer, Ahmed Merabet, and then to hijack a car after their own vehicle was damaged in a crash.

Amedy Coulibaly killed a policewoman in Montrouge on January 8 and four hostages after seizing a Kosher supermarket in Paris

Charlie Hebdo Editor Stéphane Charbonnier – one of the victims – spoke out fiercely against political correctness, saying: ‘It should be as normal to criticise Islam as it is to criticise Jews or Catholics.’

The 47-year-old, who took over as editor in 2009, grew up in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, northern France and joined Charlie Hebdo in the early 1990s as a designer.

Jean ‘Cabu’ Cabut was another victim. The magazine’s 76-year-old lead cartoonist was an almost legendary cultural figure in France.

The perpetrators, brother Chérif and Saïd Kouachi, were killed by police two days after police stormed a building where they were holding a hostage.

In June, a suspected Islamist beheaded his boss and tried to blow up a U.S-owned industrial gas plant in the suburbs of Lyon.

Terror fears continued to dog France, with officials confirming in July that they had prevented an attack on a senior French military official by arresting four people whose leader had links to jailed jihadists.

Ayoub el-Khazzani, who was reportedly radicalized while living in Spain, was arrested after the shooting when the Amsterdam-to-Paris train stopped at Arras station in northern France.

Thousands of people poured on to the streets of Paris to show their solidarity after the horrific attack

One month later, a machine gun-toting attacker wounded three people on a high-speed train in France before he was overpowered by several passengers.

Ayoub el-Khazzani, who was reportedly radicalized while living in Spain, was arrested after the shooting when the Amsterdam-to-Paris train stopped at Arras station in northern France.

No one was killed but several people, including the U.S. citizen and French actor Jean-Hugues Anglade were wounded in the foiled attack.

PARIS ATROCITY IS LATEST IN LONG LINE OF HORRIFIC TERRORISM ATTACKS AROUND THE WORLD

The terror that unfolded in Paris has been described as the worst violence to hit France since the Second World War.

Terrorists have used different methods to inflict destruction around the world in recent years. Here are the most horrific attacks:

Omagh bomb

On August 15, 1998, 29 victims – who included a woman pregnant with twins – died after a dissident republican car bomb detonated in Omagh town centre on a busy Saturday afternoon.

It was the single bloodiest terrorist attack in the history of the Northern Ireland Troubles and came only months after the signing of the historic Good Friday Agreement.

More than 200 were injured when the 500lb car bomb, planted by the Real IRA, ripped through the Co Tyrone market town.

9/11

Nearly 3,000 people, including 67 Britons, were killed after Islamist extremists hijacked passenger jets and flew them into New York’s World Trade Centre twin towers and the Pentagon in Washington DC on September 11, 2001.

The world watched in horror as the hijacked planes emerged from a clear blue sky to strike at the heart of one of the world’s greatest cities.

Televised live around the globe to a shocked audience of billions, the 9/11 attacks were meticulously planned by Islamist fanatics to kill as many people and gain as much publicity as possible.

Bali

A total of 202 people, including 28 Britons, were killed on October 12, 2002 and more than 204 injured when the al Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah group detonated bombs at two packed Bali nightspots.

During the attack three bombs detonated – a backpack carried by a suicide bomber and a car bomb which both devastated Paddy’s Pub and the Sari Club opposite, followed by a third device outside the US consulate in Denpasar.

Various members of Jemaah Islamiyah were convicted in relation to the bombings. Three – Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim and Huda bin Abdul Haq – were executed by firing squad in November 2008.

Madrid train bombings

The whole of Spain was in mourning when more than 190 people were killed in the Madrid train bombs on March 11, 2004.

The attacks took place exactly two-and-a-half years after September 11 and were Europe’s worst terrorist atrocity since the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing.

London-based Arabic language Al Quds newspaper said it received an e-mail from the Brigade of Abu Hafs al-Masri, who claimed its ‘death squad’ had penetrated ‘one of the pillars of the crusader alliance’.

7/7

On July 7, 2005, 52 people were murdered and hundreds more injured when four suicide bombers attacked London’s transport network.

Twenty-six died in the bombing at Russell Square on the Piccadilly line, six in the bombing at Edgware Road on the Circle line, seven in the bombing at Aldgate on the Circle line, and 13 in the bombing on the bus at Tavistock Square.

A fortnight later, another four would-be suicide bombers launched failed attacks on the Tube and a bus, leading police marksmen to kill innocent Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes.

Mumbai

Often called India’s 9/11, the Mumbai attacks in 2008 saw 10 gunmen blaze through the country’s financial capital, killing more than 160 people.

Indian authorities took back control of Mumbai early on the morning on November 29 after a three-day siege across the city.

Security services and senior police in the UK have repeatedly highlighted the risk of a Mumbai-style roaming gun massacre, and earlier this year police carried out a simulated terror attack in the capital to test the emergency response to such a strike.

Lee Rigby

Fusilier Lee Rigby, 25, from Middleton in Greater Manchester, was killed outside barracks in Woolwich, south east London, on May 22, 2013 by two Islamic extremists.

The murder sparked shock across the country after the father-of-one was run over with a car and then hacked to death by British Muslim converts Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale.

Following an Old Bailey trial, Adebolajo was handed a whole-life prison term and Adebowale was jailed for a minimum of 45 years.

Charlie Hebdo

Paris was rocked by the Charlie Hebdo atrocity on January 7 this year, when 12 people were killed after gunmen stormed the offices of the satirical magazine.

The sense of panic heightened when there was a subsequent attack on a Kosher supermarket, and the incidents triggered worldwide outrage.

Since then there have been a number of more minor strikes or attempts in France. In one, three Americans and a Briton overpowered a heavily-armed gunman on a train from Amsterdam to Paris.

Sousse

Terror group Islamic State claimed responsibility for the Sousse attack in June, in which 30 Britons were among 38 tourists killed.

Gunman Seifeddine Rezgui opened fire on the holidaymakers on a beach in the Tunisian holiday resort.

Foreign Minister Tobias Ellwood has described the Sousse tragedy as the ‘most significant terrorist attack’ on Britons since July 7, 2005.